Personally I think the Mylo was a rather well designed device that had (has) a lot of potential. The only problem with it is the price point as compared to the target audience. $300 is much to high for the 16-25 year old crowd to afford. To get by with a price point that high it needs a much more mature and sophisticated desgin. The alternative of course is to bring down the price.
If they are re-developing th edevice i think positioning it more as a communication tool with more IM clients, while stripping away the meager PMP features might make it more enticing.
Knowing that I have wifi in my house and at my work, would make picking this up enticing if the price dropped and the device focused on communication. Lets see Skype, Googletalk, MSN, AIM, etc. and perhaps POP3 email access.
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Personally I think the Mylo was a rather well designed device that had (has) a lot of potential. The only problem with it is the price point as compared to the target audience. $300 is much to high for the 16-25 year old crowd to afford. To get by with a price point that high it needs a much more mature and sophisticated desgin. The alternative of course is to bring down the price.
If they are re-developing th edevice i think positioning it more as a communication tool with more IM clients, while stripping away the meager PMP features might make it more enticing.
Knowing that I have wifi in my house and at my work, would make picking this up enticing if the price dropped and the device focused on communication. Lets see Skype, Googletalk, MSN, AIM, etc. and perhaps POP3 email access.